Posts by darian

Last Friday, much of our attention turned to Sandy Hook Elementary School. The killing spree of a troubled 20-year-old man left many dead, injured, traumatized, grieving, and questioning. The media has been...

I’m spending this week with my niece who is almost two years old. To fulfill my calling as an auntie, I adhere to the belief that she is the smartest, sweetest, most perfect child ever. Her parents...

Now that the truth is out about belly buttons and preachers, it seems appropriate to write from that same spirit of honesty. As always, the views expressed here are my own and not that of my parishes. Thank...

Disclaimer: This post contains candid thoughts of a preacher-lady, clergyperson, minister, or however else you choose to describe me. Also, I wrote this after spending a lot of time standing on my head....

In the first year of my first pastorate, one of my best friends, John, got married over Thanksgiving weekend. I had started my job at the church in June, and he called a couple of months later to find out if...

Here in Mississippi, now more famously known as The Land Mass Between New Orleans and Mobile, all eyes have been on one eye this week: the eye of a storm. Isaac, the tropical storm formerly known as a...